Electric wire connection



Oct. 1949- F. A. CHlUCHlOLO 2, 8 1

ELECTRIC WIRE CONNECTION Filed Aug. 3, 1946 fl9 5. INVENTOR FRANK A.CHIUCHIOLO BY ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 25, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE ELECTRIC WIRE CONNECTION Frank A. Chiuchiolo, New York, N. Y.ApplicationAugust 3, 1946, Serial No. 688,321

1 Claim.

This. invention relates to a multiple wire connection or terminalwherein several Wires can be connected with a live contact in suchmanner that one of the wirescan be located or removed from theconnection without disturbing any of the other wires.

It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a simplemultiple Wire connection wherein all wires will be independently locatedupon the connection so that the locating or removal of one wire can beeffected independently of the remaining wires.

It is among the other objects of the invention to provide a multiplewire connection, which is simple to fashion, which is free of movableparts and. of such parts as may require a threading operation, and aconnection which is cheap to make.

According to one form of the invention, the portion where the wires areconnected is of sleeve shape within which are contained a plurality ofsmaller sleeves to which the wires are respectively connected. The wiresare secured within the small sleeves by means of solder and this samesolder renders a better securement of the small sleeves to the mainsleeve containing them.

In another form of the invention the openings for receiving the wiresare merely small holes provided in the flat strip material. The holesare separated from one another and a wire can still be located in onehole or removed therefrom independently of the wires in the other holes.

In still another form of the invention the main sleeve portion is ofround shape to accommodate small sleeves which are bunched in circularfashion. Any one of the several different arrangements shown can beprovided for effecting the attachment of the terminal to a live contact.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view looking upon the bottom side of a radiotube socket employing the wire connections or terminals constructedaccording to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l andlooking in the direction of its arrows.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one IVS-$28) 2 of the wireconnections which is used with the radio tube socket.

Fig, 4 is a perspective view of another form of wire connection whichcan be used with binding posts, bus bars and the like where it isdesired to make a multiple connection to the binding post or screw.

Fig. 5 is a. perspective view of still another form of wire connectionwherein the sleeve bearing the several wire holders has an internallythreaded portion into which a screw for attaching the wire connection toa part is entered.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of wire connectionadapted to be used with the radio tube socket shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring now to the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, asocket Ill is formed of two pieces H and I2 of plastic sheet in which aplurality of openings have been cut. Terminal or wire connections l3 aredisposed in place through the piece II, which is the under side of thesocket, then the piece 12 which is the top side of the socket is securedto the piece H by means of grommets M. The socket is then ready for use.Holes iii are located in the piece l2 and are adapted to receive thepins of a radio tube as the same are pushed into the socket for contactwith a folded sheet portion H on the connections l3, (Fig. 3). Spacedfrom the folded sheet portion I1 is a sleeve I8, extending in the samedirection from a spacing portion IQ of the connection as the portion l1and which contains a plurality of small sleeves 2| into which wires 22are inserted and made fast thereto by soldering. There are three suchsmall sleeves 2| within the main sleeve I8 whereby three difierent wirescan be connected to the terminal connection I3. Preferably these smallsleeves are disposed in line and the main sleeve l8 containing them isflattened about the lined-up smaller sleeves. It will be apparenthowever that the small sleeves could be arranged somewhat in a differentfashion and requiring thereby that only the main sleeve be changed toaccomodate the different arrangement of such smaller sleeves.

In Fig. 4 there is shown a terminal adapted for connection to a bindingpost, bus bar, live contact or the like by projecting, through theopening 21 at one end thereof, a screw or other fastening means tosecure the same to the part to which the wires are to be connected.

The upper end of the terminal 26 is fashioned the same as the portion I8of the terminal 13 to receive a plurality of small sleeves 28 to whichwires 29 are connected. The large sleeve portion, as indicated at l8 ofFig. 3 and 3| of Fig, 4, can be fashioned from a sheet of fiat materialand folded about the small sleeves so that the folded edges are linedwith one another and sufiiciently enclose the small sleeves 28 to retainthem in place within the main sleeve. The solder which is disposed uponthe small sleeves to retain the wires therewithin will fall between thesmall sleeves and the main sleeve to simultaneously fix the smallsleeves in good contact with the main sleeve.

In Fig. 5 there is shown a wire connection in which several contactsleeves 32 are arranged in circular fashion and retained by a sleeve 33of round shape. The bottom end 34 of the sleeve 33 is closed and isthreaded to receive aremovable screw 35 for securing the connection 33to a live contact, bus bar or the like.

In Fig. 6 there is shown a connection 43 which may replace the terminalI 3 of the radio tube socket In. This terminal 43 has the usual foldedsheet portion ll, the spacing portion [9, but its connecting portion 54is only that of fiat strip material and the multiple connection of wiresthereto is effected through holes 45 punched from the portion 44. Wiresare passed through these holes and made secure to them by solder. Asmany holes as desired can be placed on the portion 44. Also the portion44 in order to provide the desired number of holes can be increased toany length.

It should now be apparent that there has been provided convenient meansfor fixing a plurality of wires to a single terminal whereby any desiredwire may be located or removed independently of the remaining Wires.

It is to be understood that, if desired, the small sleeves described maybe entirely eliminated by merely inserting the wires directly into thelarge sleeve portion and then applying solder as before.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

In a connector for connecting the bared ends of electrical wires to theprojecting contact peg of an electronic tube or similar electronicelement having a strip of metal including an intermediate portion andend portions bent at right angles to the intermediate portion andextended parallel to each other, a tubular socket portion formed on oneof the end portions for receiving the projecting contact peg, a sleeveportion formed on the other end portion of the strip of metal, and aplurality of small sleeves anchored in said sleeve portion with theirouter ends projecting slightly beyond the free end of said sleeveportion, whereby the bared ends of the electric wires may be extendedinto the open projected ends of said small sleeves and secured thereto.

FRANK A. CHIUCHIOLO.

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